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Kargah Buddha is an archaeological site in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the carved image of Buddha.
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Location
It is located near Kargah Nallah, a ravine and is 10 kilometres from Gilgit Town, Gilgit, Pakistan. Kargah Buddha is located near Kargah Nallah (ravine) and 10 km from Gilgit Town, Gilgit, Pakistan. It's a rock statue next to the Kargah Nala, It's one of the most admired short outing place.
Carving
The Carving of Buddha was carried out in the seventh century in a monastery. The Buddha statue was stamped in seventh century a monastery and three stupas about 400 meters upriver from the Buddha, it was discover in 1938-39, fallowing the innovation of supposed Gilgit manuscripts in 1931. The legend about the Buddha is the way of a man demolishing ogress called Yakhshini who lived near Kargah Nallah. The Buddha statue was stamped in seventh century a monastery and three stupas about 400 meters upriver from the Buddha, it was discover in 1938-39, fallowing the innovation of supposed Gilgit manuscripts in 1931. The legend about the Buddha is the way of a man demolishing ogress called Yakhshini who lived at Kargha.